I've seen quite a lot of 'stop watching TV' and 'cut down on the internet' threads lately and that made me realize a thing or two about where I am now.
Approx. 2 years ago I spent most of my spare time in front of the TV, playing a videogame (Playstation or PC) or watching DVD's.
Suddenly I realized how time-consuming this habit were, and I instantly cut down on it.
Until now I've been feeling good when I think about the masses of time I've set free by not watching TV. (now I watch TV 30 mins a week TOPS).
But it seems that I've transferred the time previously spent on TV to other things such as the internet.
When I come home from work i turn on my PC, check my mail, play some games and mostly wander around the internet searching for interesting stuff and reading PD related stuff.
It seems that the 'TV addiction' isn't exactly a TV addiction, but an addiction to pretty much ANY electronic devices that wastes your time and gives you the feeling similar to the one you get when you've just bought that new smart cellphone or whatever.
Am I trying to aviod something by hiding here by my computer/TV?
Afraid of going on with my life maybe? Well, it must be SOMETHING because I think that I'm a person with a decent IQ and pretty much in touch with my feelings. If everything was just fine, I wouldn't be this stupid. Throwing away precious time on such things.
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Thoughts on this? Am I off the track?
I don't like spending 2-7 hours every day in front of my computer.
I need to do something about it. The problem is that when I DON'T sit here I get really bored.
I procrastinate REALLY much. I don't go out much. Probably because of my 'internet problem'
I will think a little more about this and update.
